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wff mfre&&'&fr&2& ; q-3&- - - s 4VJ 1 " - J-V ' i-r " - -i s- -a. 1 olnmbnsgotmtal. Goluamlraan BTelav, Oajoyear, aa aatH ajeetaso al.. .... mSLM Six aaanaae.... . e WXDlfWD AT. KOVEMBKB 84. UN.' gTBOTHgtt A 8T0CKWELU Fkeprieton. BkKWAI4-The date opposite iwtauM oa FOKMir,otiRWiikointotat tba joer laamliitliri la said. Ttae JaaflS above that aafaMBt kM bam rewired mp to Jan. 1, 185, rMBtoreb.l,lSKaadaooB. When pajTaent fp ada.tka eae,wttca aneweie a reorfpt, ami be ebaaced aocordlatly. DiaOOHTIHUASCES KeaponeiUe sobscrib an will coatiaae to receive this journal until the BOtiied by letter to discontinue. t all aiiaanana mast be paid. If you cio dot ittoJoaraaloontinned for another year af ter the tbee paid for has expired, 70c shcuid cvviaaabr notify ne to discontinna it. CHANGE HI ADDKE8S Wbea ordering a SBaaas 1b tbe ailili raa. subscribers ehoald be cere m tte their old aa wall as their new address. Senator LaFollette places Senator Borkett among tfie progressives. Where LaFollette leads the progress ive republicans of Nebraska should not fear to follow. U. S. district judges want their sala ries raised. When it is taken into consideration that federal judges now receive more than they earn, an addi tional increase would be nothing more than grand larceny. Belvidere, a town of 75,000 people, in northern Illinois, has been legally dry for eight years. But booze has always been sold. Finally, after eight years of inactivity, the prohibitionists got a move on themselves the other day and arrested all the bootleggers in the city. The fines collected amounted to $11,500. The electric light plant has been started up again and the policemen and other city officers have been paid a month's salary. There died in San Francisco last Wednesday a millionaire little known to the general public. His name was Charles H. Grittenton, founder of the Florence Crittenton Kescue Heme for Girls. These institutions were named in memory of his daughter Florence who died nearly fifty years ago at the age of 4. Seventy-three of these rescue homes are located in this coun- try, and others in China and Japan. In the passing of Mr. Crittenton one of the truly good men has gone to his reward. If republicans hope to win the state election next year and elect a gover nor, and a legislature favorable to the return of Senator Burkett, they must eliminate questions from the campaign that are not strictly republican issues, they must give the State Anti-Saloon League and the State Liquor Dealers association to understand that tbey cannot use the party as a door mat and dictate the state platform. In past campaigns too much consideration has been given to the demands of Elmer Thomas, Tom Darnell and a number of other so-called moral reformers who have assisted in knifing republican nominees in the past A few years ago,4 when Dietrich was a candidate for governor, Tom Darnell was hired and paid democratic-money to fight the republican ticket, and last year Elmer Thomas was one of the men who entered into a deal with the .dem ocratic campaign committee which resulted in the defeat of Sheldon. The followers of Darnell and Thomas voted the democratic ticket last year and will do the same this year. The time has come for the republican party of Nebraska to declare its independence and repudiate the fake reformers who are attempting to dictate its policy and at the same time supporting demo cratic candidates. S,iset Us Prove To YOU c- -t You Want This Minneapolis Heat Regulator . We can provide it and prove, that' if you have k installed, you wontsell it for what it coat you. ' J Let Ua Take) the Risk If you are not satisfied, and it does not do all we claim, we will take itout , and give your money back.'. " ' We Handle the "MinMipolk" - aaTbJa CtyBecause- We know this is the best Heat Regi lator made regardless of price, and we know the price puts it within die reach of every household. Fnace or Boiler-All Kinds of Fuel. Mvwa eia vim an m uuawf A. DUSSELL & SON Columbus, Nebraska The Sugar Trust hasalrsadj ratnii ed $2,000,000 of its atawEspftoa tl goTemmeat It it estimated that $28,000,000 are ttill dae, and Frem deat Taft has expressed his deterauaa tion to probe the castosa hoate frauds to the bottom and compel the treat to return every penny due the goverav ment. The frauds have been going oa for nearly thirty year through dem ocratic aa well as republican adminis trations. If all the proposed measures sug gested for securing government aid were enacted into laws, it would bank rupt the nation. Hundreds of millions are asked for irrigation purposes; money is demanded for river and har bor improvements; government rail ways are "resolved for" by granger gatherings; the government is "asked to purchase the coal mines of the country, and a hundred thousand gov ernment employes think their salaries should, be raised because butter is selling for 35 cents a pound and eggs 25 cents a dozen. That 1 cent should be added to the price of a quart of milk may seem like a trifling matter to people who do not count their pennies. What is 1-cent more or less? That it does sound so insignificant makes it easier for the milk trust to carry through its scheme of extortion. It figures in millions of dollars to be gained in a year, while the average person figures in cents to be spent from day to day. If the gen eral cost of living were suddenly in creased 12 per cent at the dictation of a greedy combination there would be a tremendous outcry. It has act ually increased much more than that during the last few years owing-to a variety of causes to which certain trusts have largely contributed. Nine cent milk, it is reported, will soon be followed by 50-cent butter. Fresh eggs are already a real' luxury. Meats, poultry and most of the com mon vegetables are inordinately high. Fruit is out of all reason considering the prices received by the growers for their products. An extra cent or two has been tacked on here and tacked on there by the common carriers' and the middlemen and the retailers until the total of their exactions represents a considerable part of the daily earnings of the clerk and the laborer New York World. There has recently been much in the papers about the efforts of Italian Catholics in America and elsewhere to secure the canonization of Christopher Columbus as a saint. The efforts fail ed, and incidentally bring to light a little history you don't learn when perusing Barnes' History of the United States. Columbus don't lose out in the Vatican because he failed to pro duce his Eskimos, or make proper contracts with the publishers, or any of the faults of modern explorers. Not even the fact that he died in pri son would have barred him, for he wouldn't be the first saint with that kind of a record. Columbus is in bad because he was smart enough to known the world is round, but foolish enough to write letters, or keep a diary. At any rate, it is from his own writings that the fact is gleaned that Columbus, while stopping at Cordova, Spain, to importune the aid of Spanish royalty, spent some time at the inn of one Enquinez, during which stay he lived with the daughter of the inn-keeper; Beatriz Enquinez, without the formal ity of marriage. A son was born to the pair, and Columbus did every thing but the all important right thing of marrying. The son was given his name, and his name, and his will made provision for the care of the woman. But it bars him from being a saint Atchison Globe. r That IwaaBVBaaV ' BaaaaaaaaaaV I JaaBaawE Bbbbbbbbbbbbw aF?ym Yl U MaV mm T n aaaf aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaWJ IS HOWARD A CANDIDATE? When Hon. J. P. Latta visited Co lumbus during the coagresaioaal cam paign, he made a brief address at the North opera house, in which he stated that he would not be a candidate for reaosaiaation in the event of his elec tion; that it would be a pleasure for him to assist in nominating and elect ing Edgar Howard, editor of the Tel- gram, as his successor. Believing that Mr. Latta was sin cere when he made the statement aot to seek a renomination, the political friends of Mr. Howard are urging him to allow his name to be used as a can didate for the primary nomination on the democratic ticket. Those who are in close touch with Mr. Howard in political matters, say that he would not object to having his name appear on the primary ballot if his political friends throughout the Third congres sional district are favorable' to his candidacy and so petition. As editor of the most influential democratic paper of the Third district, and one of the recognized leaders of his party in the state, the nomination of Mr. Howard by the democrats would mean a close figfit, for there is no disguising the met that Mr. Howard is a man of exceptional ability, enjoys ra wide acquaintance, is popular with the voters of his party, and has the respect of those who do not agree with him politically. With Mr. Howard honored with the nomination, by his party, the republicans must name a candidate to oppose him equally as strong in every respect a man who can command the support of republi can voters, and the confidence of the people generally. AREvWE A CIVILIZED PEOPLE? Are we a civilized people? Dees education make us wise and does culti vation make us humane? Who can answer these questions in the affima tive who has read the accounts of the lynching of the negro and the white man by the mob at Cairo, III., and which were witnessed and sanctioned by thousands of people, many of whom were women? The reports of that aw ful revel of blood aresickeningin their details. The mob was not content with the ordinary forms of sumptuary punishment. The negro was taken from the hands of the officers and dragged to the most prominent street corner in the town. As he was con veyed through the crowds he was beat en almost insensible. As the rope was placed about his neck he confessed. Women immediately caught the end of the rope and pulled the wretched creature from his feet When he was a few feet from the ground the rope broke and he fell to the street Here his body was riddled with bullets, and then was dragged by the mass of fren zied men and women to the scene of the crime. A fire was built, and the flame was applied by a young woman. Before the body was thrown upon its pyre, however, a most hideous orgie took place. The dead negro's head was cut off and mounted upon a pole that was stuck into the ground. The man's heart was torn out and cut into small pieces, which were distributed to the people as souvenirs. The rope was soaked in the blood and also cut into pieces foi souvenirs. After that the mutilated corpse was burned. This negro was guilty of a dastardly crime, and no doubt richly merited death. But it is revolting to every human sentiment of decency that the mob should have descended to such horrors in seeking vengeance. The women appear to have taken the lead. They were transformed into veritable furies, like those females who led the mobs of the French revolution. The white man who was also lynched on on that dreadful night had killed his wife. His mte was a rebuke to the lagging feet of justice. The mob was absolutely uncontrollable. It was composed of many of the most influen tial people of the city, who for the time being were mad with the horrid mon ocracy of elemental passion. Even a stranger who ventured the opinion that the white man was innocent was set upon by the mob and beaten most cruelly before he was rescued. These human tigers with rending fangs were blind with blood lust We lift our eyes from reading these nerve-chilling details with a numb sense of disillu sionment What is this humanity that the children of men have striven for down the track of the centuries? Is there, after all, a fatal atavism that merely holds the brute within us in suppression and occasionally gives leash to the captive.--Kansas City Journal. Phyaiciana In Japan. Medical students in Japan moat nave bad eleven or twelve years of prelimi nary training in the lower schools. No one may practice medicine who has been convicted of a crime. All physi cians for the "first ten years daring which tbey follow their calling most -keep full written records of all their cases, and tbey most not issue boast ful advertisements or claim the exclu sive right to any healing invention with a secret formula. ROIAMCE OF THE It was in June, 1860, that Benton Murdoch and his brother, the late M. M. Murdock of the Wichita" Eagle, started toward Pike's Peak with a load of provisions and building and mining materials. That was the year of the great drought, and the two boys made" the trip in ox teams to try to recoup their fortunes. They intended to stay through the winter in Colorado, looking for gold. y They visited the gold mines, Cali fornia Gulcb, where Leadville now stands, and it was1 decided that Mar shall Murdock should stay during the winter and that Bent should return to his Kansas home. Of this trip Bent Murdock wrote years ago. - if is a storyof intense human interest and sounds best as told in the words of the principal, Thomas Benton Murdock, written in the third person, as pub lished in his own paper, the Eldorado Republican: . "Benton hitched up his oxen, which were now in fine condition for his 700 mile journey alone to his Southern Kansas home. It was a long, lone some trip for a boy to take through that wild frontier country. "On the third morning, while yok ing up his oxen preparatory to contin uing his journey, a browa-eyed curly headed boy of about 15 years rode up on a split-eared Comanche Indian pony and modestly but earnestly re quested to be taken to the Missouri river. The handsome youth said his name was 'Len Kidgeway.' Benton told Lento put his pack in the wagon, tie Comanche to the tailrod and jump in. "The first part of the journey was uneventful. There were other Pike's Peakers returning home. Game was abundant Len was an excellent cook. The weather was fine and from twenty to thirty miles was counted a day's travel. "These two boys became quite chummy. Benton, who was a broad shouldered, stalwart youth, willingly assumed all the rough work of the camp and trail, while Len was resolute in performing the lighter duties. Whatever discouragement confronted these two companions, Len was the first to explain thas while things were a little tough, everything would be all right tomorrow. And Benton had said from the first day that Len was fully worth his keep in the artistic preparation of meals, not counting the snatches of poetry and song, the stories of home that nightly sent these com rades to dreamless sleep on the bosom of Mother Earth. "About 2 o'clock of the second day the boys came up to a tremendous herd of buffaloes thet were on their way south. Crossing the wide bottom like a huge ocean wave they plunged into the river, returning to the alkali sands, grunting, bellowing and wal lowing' therein, filling the air with a suffocating dust, creating a turmoil, which to those boys was frightful to behold. "While one boy guarded the team the other mounted Comanche and charged the buffalo in front to drive them from the trail. But slow pro gress was made and night was coming on while the situation every moment became more precarious. In making a verv successful ' charee upon this solid mass Len with an 8-inch Colts revolver fired into its midst, no doubt, hitting an old bull, which immediately turned and charged the pony. Com anche was an expert and having been duly educated by his former owners in the business, ordinarily would have avoided the rush of the bull, but unfortunately his foot went into a prairie dog hole, throwing his rider with great force over his head. "Benton, who with one hand was holding the horns of the near wheeler to keep the team in check, his gun in the other, instantly put a ball into the infuriated bull, knocking him to his knees. The pony got to his feet and made a successful dash for the wagon and before the buffalo had recovered from his first dose of lead he received another and another, which .finally sent him limping back to the herd. "Benton immediately stopped his team, dropped his carbine and ran to the boy, scarce a hundred yards away, who had not moved since the accident He found him limp and lifeless. Tak ing him in his arms he returned to the wagon. After lighting the lantern, which was suspended from the wagon bow he bathed the boy's face with water from the camp keg and applied whisky to his lips, but he was unable to swallow, being to all appearances dead. "Benton did everything he could think of to bring him back to life, but to no avail. In loosening his flannel shirtband, Burton was astonished to discover that Len was a girl. For perhaps the first time in his life he was frightened out of his wits. Alone in the midst of the desert, a hundred miles from habitation, surrounded by WESTERN PLAINS igly a million, buffalo, the .situa tion was appalling. Benton proceeded to do what other boys would have done under like circumstances. He broke down' and cried till the tears and the 'alkali dust formed a thick paste on his cheeks. "Benton was still hopeful, and con tinued to use every available means of resuscitation, with no perceptible results. Finally despairing he built a fire, made a cup of coffee and after drinking it in great dejection, resumed his watch over the unconscious girl. "It was well along in the afternoon, and Benton was trying to determine whether it would be possible to reach civilization with his dead companion and give her Christian burial or whether he should make a box out of the side boards of his wagon and bury her in the desert, when he was aroused from his gruesome thoughts by a feeble voice from within-the depths of the blankets. "Rejoicing at this reassuring evi dence that his comrade was alive, he bounded to her side. Taking some water from the camp keg, he gave it to her. As soon as she regained com plete consciousness he turned his team to the river and within half an hour had gone into camp, during which time he had fully decided that he would not betray to the little girl his knowledge of her sex. After Len had partaken of a strong cup of tea and a camp supper she fully regained her natural strength and vivacity, and no camp fire ever built on the Republican river was ever more thoroughly en joyed than this one was by Benton and Len. "In the winter of 1872 Benton was in Washington, the guest of Senator and Mrs. Samuel C. Pomeroy of Kan sas. Mrs. Pomeroy was a brilliant society woman and during his two weeks' stay she gave several dinner parties, at one of which Miss Ames of Boston, Miss Holliday of New York and Miss Pierrepont, from a Southern state, were guests. Half an hour after dinner Benton and Miss Pierrepont found themselves in the library, when the conversation drifted to topics of Western life. "Miss Pierrepont, who was laboring under most intense mental excitement, turned suddenly to Benton and, with her breath full in his face, her eyes dancing with the light of her tense nature, said in suppressed but meas ured tones: "I am Len.' "'You are Len? I don't under stand,' exclaimed Benton. " 'I am Len who accompanied you across the plains. Who was thrown from the pony and whom you left at Fort Riley. I am Len Lenore Ridgeway Pierrepont then as now.' " " 'Great Godfrey,' put in Benton as he grasped her hand and drew her towards him. 'Of course I know you. That is I know you now, but I never dreamed it' " 'And now for the first time Miss Lenore hesitated. 'And did you know did you discover that" I was not a boyr " 'I did, the night you were thrown from your pony.' " 'I knew it,' she said. " 'How did you know it?' asked Ben ton. "'Because from the moment I re gained consciousness until we parted you were as kind to .me as if I were your little sweetheart' "'Yes, I recall that I stopped swearing at the oxen after that' " 'Besides, you must remember that at our parting at the fort you put your arms around me and drew me to you and would have kissed me had the officer not been present After you had started to go you returned and taking a plain gold ring from your finger, you put it on mine and your .last words were: "Keep it always or until we meet again." "'Here is the ring," continued Miss Lenore, "and I have worn it every hour from that day to this. Boys don't usually kiss each other, nor does one give a ring to the other in parting.' '"I see it all now,' said Benton. 'What a chump I must have been all the way through.' " 'Oh, no. You are merely not a close observer. I recall that I be trayed myself at least a score of times in my impulsive way. You accepted my boyish clothes and never once suspected that I was other than a boy. It was extremely trying at first, but after a time I greatly enjoyed it You were always so considerate of me. And when I finally arrived home ' "'Home,' said Benton. 'Your home was in the South, in Virginia.' " Yes, I was bornin Virginia.' "'You were born in the Pierrepont settlement near the Pierrepont meet ing housef '"Yes, on the old homestead.' " 'And your father's name is Lotf "'Yes.' " 'He is my uncle,' said Benton." City Star. ffJM g.m mjnjpnamw 4aaBjBaaa arf'aVakJUBWaaa,a aania4am aWg THE MODERN OVERCOAT combines the warm com fort of a greatcoat with a full box back effect. It is one of the many examples of MODERN CLOTHES made for us. The honesty of its materials and making is as sured you by the label and by our word. It's an Overcoat well worth seeing especially as its price is extremely modest. GREISEN BROS. Tha Beggars of Madeira. There is only one fly in the ointment of Madeira comfort the beggars Ttiey begin to beg before tbey cud walk, aud tbey call "Fenny, penny!" before tbey can lisp the sacred name of "mamma." However, one good thing bas come of our experience with them. Tbey have prepared us for beggars elsewhere. We are hardened now at least we think we are. The savor of pity bas gone out of us. Albert Bigelow Paine in Outing Magazine. - The Beginning of the End The following letter from Manager M. Seager explains itself: Omaha, Neb., Nov. 4, 1909 J. F. Linaberry, Columbus, Neb. Dear Sir: Our Florida Sale will close December 15th. If any of the 180,000 tract is left at that time, the price will be advanced to $30.00 per acre. Mr. Bolles wanted to stop the sale at once, as the price of these lands is advancing rapidly; the tide has turned toward Florida and you can't stop it, he says. We told him our agents were entitled to some consideration, so he consented to let the sale go on until December 15th. Now this is your chance to take advantage of it. Very truly, M. Seager. If you want a Florida contract, there is no time to lose. Call on or write J. P. Linaberry or A. L. Rood, Columbus, Nebraska COAL Pocahontas Smokeless Illinois. Rock Springs and Colorado Coals at prices that will interest you. Let us figure with you tor your winter's supply. T. B. Hord Bell 188 The Aurora Boreal is. Whatever may be tbe cause of tbe aurora borealis. its height does not ap pear to be limited by tbe atmosphere. Tbe rays sometimes touch tbe earth in Scandinavia, coming between tbe ob server and elevated places, but Flogel years ago obtained data showing that a large aurora seen in northern Ger many must have bud a belgbt of sixty miles and that tbe rays often rise to 450 miles, tbeir points glowing with red ligbt. Grain Co. Ind. 206 -7 u T f i - y J si ISbV.: &;-. JST1 , - . .JL- rl&. H r .- aUS 'imTfSSlS-x-iC ." :V t.vr.sSt X-i sUj&'gSjyS&ft. ".-'IttB-i -", n.-'-V'-n . Vtrr&imHE -iv' .l-it . . jv.. "?ii&s es.. ,t, - twH -,. 1 . .... jfcCr .!-' Skr , ?